With the new Singin’ to an Empty Chair, Ratboys have become a national act—but their commitment to Chicago remains as strong ...

Since last summer, Heung Seng Corporation’s staff have told tenants they will nearly double the rent on their next leases.

Trap Door Theatre both honors and sends up their love for Stanisław Witkiewicz in The Cuttlefish, or the Hyrcanian Worldview.

Sydney Genco shines in The Posthumous Trial of Giulia Tofana, based on the legend of a 17th-century Italian woman.

Ryan Oliver, who balances stand-up, busking, and working in an iron mill, doesn't want to make entertainment from other ...

Illinois residents are pushing back against proposed data centers. A new state bill could change who has power in those ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

When we look back on Chicago music of the 2020s, it’ll be defined in part by the kids who borrowed the title of the Neu! song ...

Women in Chicago dance are shaping the field by creating new works and fostering new generations of artists onstage and off.

Mickle Maher's 2015 play about the doomed path of digital communication, Song About Himself, returns with Theater Oobleck.

Mike Newquist's bravura solo outing in Becky Mode's Fully Committed at the Den makes up for some of the not-so-fresh elements ...

Kelly Moran has taken the piano far—and vice versa. Born and raised in Port Washington, New York, Moran began studying the instrument at age six and expanded into bass, guitar, clarinet, oboe, and ...